4 ms·
The camera quality is probably a function of the 'zero-lag'. I haven't laid hands on a Nexus yet, but I'm speaking from experience with my digital camera (not
by chimeracoder 15y ago
The camera quality is probably a function of the 'zero-lag'.
I haven't laid hands on a Nexus yet, but I'm speaking from experience with my digital camera (not quite professional quality, but maybe one step down - still a very good camera). It has a similar mode (ISO-3200), which takes pictures instantaneously (no lag). The quality is dramatically lower with this mode, though, even though the camera takes beautiful pictures otherwise. I can speculate as to what causes this at the hardware level - it's not hard to imagine - but I'm not well-versed enough in digital photography to explain it.
What I'm curious to know before buying a Nexus is whether this can be turned off, or if it's built into the hardware. If the former, then flashing a custom ROM (or even a different camera application) could solve the problems.
- ben1040 15y agoI would totally buy this theory. I think that tradeoff with the zero-shutter-lag feature is that the phone does a cursory attempt at focus/metering/white-balance (if it does one at all) and totally misses it most of the time. You can try to focus by tapping the screen first, but it still doesn't quite get it right in my experience.